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Sep. 26, 2024
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Painters on Brooklyn Bridge. 1914; printed 1980s.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Painters on Brooklyn Bridge. 1914; printed 1980s. Silver print, the image measuring 35.6x41.3 cm, 14x16¼ inches, the sheet 40.6x50.8 cm, 16x20 inches; with Salignac's numeric notation in the negative, and the "New York City Municipal Archives" stamp with the collection notation "Dept. of Bridges" and negative number in pencil on verso. Born in Boston in 1861 into an eccentric family of exiled French nobility, de Salignac had no formal training in photography. In 1903, at the age of 42, his brother-in-law found him a job as an assistant to the photographer for the Department of Bridges, Joseph Palmer. After 3 years of apprenticeship, Palmer suddenly died, and in October 1906, de Salignac assumed his duties. As the sole photographer for the department from 1906 to 1934 (in 1916 it changed its name to the Department of Plant & Structures), he documented the creation of the city's modern infrastructure—including bridges, major municipal buildings, roads and subways. Most notably, he documented the construction of the Manhattan Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge, and the Manhattan Municipal Building but his most famous image is that of painters posing nonchalantly on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Using a large-format camera and 8x10 inch glass-plate negatives, he shot over 20,000 images in his career. Most of these negatives and over 15,000 vintage prints are held by the New York City Municipal Archives. Into his 70s de Salignac was still climbing bridges and actively working, but he was forced to retire in 1934 despite a petition to Mayor La Guardia. [Courtesy of Wikipedia].
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Oct. 05, 2023
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge. A set of formal compositions primarily depicting views of bridge and subway track construction from Nassau Street, Jay Street, and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, including 2 images of the sites of subway accidents, architectural details, and views of the skyline in the background. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including all but approximately 5 with a caption, in ink, and a small oval Supreme count stamp, and 21 with a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza stamp, on recto. 1913-22
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Feb. 27, 2021
Eugene de Salignac, Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 1922
Est: $800 - $1,000
Eugene de Salignac, At Brooklyn Tower looking toward Manhattan, 1922, Cyanotype print, 7.5" x 9.5". Numbered on recto. Title & date in pen on verso. Artist Biography: Eugene de Salignac (1861–1943) was an American photographer who worked for the Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures in New York City. Born in Boston in 1861 into an eccentric family of exiled French nobility, de Salignac had no formal training in photography. In 1903, at the age of 42, his brother-in-law found him a job as an assistant to the photographer for the Department of Bridges, Joseph Palmer. After 3 years of apprenticeship, Palmer suddenly died, and in October 1906, de Salignac assumed his duties. As the sole photographer for the department from 1906 to 1934 (in 1916 it changed its name to the Department of Plant & Structures), he documented the creation of the city's modern infrastructure—including bridges, major municipal buildings, roads and subways. Most notably, he documented the construction of the Manhattan Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge, and the Manhattan Municipal Building but his most famous image is that of painters posing nonchalantly on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Using a large-format camera and 8x10 inch glass-plate negatives, he shot over 20,000 images in his career. Most of these negatives and over 15,000 vintage prints are held by the New York City Municipal Archives. Into his 70s de Salignac was still climbing bridges and actively working, but he was forced to retire in 1934 despite a petition to Mayor La Guardia. In his lifetime de Salignac's work was little seen outside of New York City government, and his name was forgotten after his death in 1943. His images were rediscovered in the 1980s, but it was not until 1999 that an archivist realized the collection was mostly the work of one man. In 2007, Aperture published New York Rises, the first monograph of his work, which became a traveling exhibition that opened at the Museum of the City of New York. Since then, his photographs have been widely reproduced and are part of a growing interest in industrial photography that has been left out of the traditional photography canon. (Wikipedia)
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Feb. 27, 2021
Eugene de Salignac, Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 1922
Est: $800 - $1,000
Eugene de Salignac, Brooklyn Anchorage looking toward Brooklyn, 1922, Cyanotype print, 7.5" x 9.5". Title, date, & number in pen on recto. Artist Biography: Eugene de Salignac (1861–1943) was an American photographer who worked for the Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures in New York City. Born in Boston in 1861 into an eccentric family of exiled French nobility, de Salignac had no formal training in photography. In 1903, at the age of 42, his brother-in-law found him a job as an assistant to the photographer for the Department of Bridges, Joseph Palmer. After 3 years of apprenticeship, Palmer suddenly died, and in October 1906, de Salignac assumed his duties. As the sole photographer for the department from 1906 to 1934 (in 1916 it changed its name to the Department of Plant & Structures), he documented the creation of the city's modern infrastructure—including bridges, major municipal buildings, roads and subways. Most notably, he documented the construction of the Manhattan Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge, and the Manhattan Municipal Building but his most famous image is that of painters posing nonchalantly on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Using a large-format camera and 8x10 inch glass-plate negatives, he shot over 20,000 images in his career. Most of these negatives and over 15,000 vintage prints are held by the New York City Municipal Archives. Into his 70s de Salignac was still climbing bridges and actively working, but he was forced to retire in 1934 despite a petition to Mayor La Guardia. In his lifetime de Salignac's work was little seen outside of New York City government, and his name was forgotten after his death in 1943. His images were rediscovered in the 1980s, but it was not until 1999 that an archivist realized the collection was mostly the work of one man. In 2007, Aperture published New York Rises, the first monograph of his work, which became a traveling exhibition that opened at the Museum of the City of New York. Since then, his photographs have been widely reproduced and are part of a growing interest in industrial photography that has been left out of the traditional photography canon. (Wikipedia)
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Feb. 27, 2021
Eugene de Salignac, Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 1917
Est: $800 - $1,000
Eugene de Salignac, Manhattan Bridge - Brooklyn Plaza - Broken railing at East Pylon looking North, 1917, Cyanotype print, 7.5" x 9.75". Title, date, & number in pen on recto. Artist Biography: Eugene de Salignac (1861–1943) was an American photographer who worked for the Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures in New York City. Born in Boston in 1861 into an eccentric family of exiled French nobility, de Salignac had no formal training in photography. In 1903, at the age of 42, his brother-in-law found him a job as an assistant to the photographer for the Department of Bridges, Joseph Palmer. After 3 years of apprenticeship, Palmer suddenly died, and in October 1906, de Salignac assumed his duties. As the sole photographer for the department from 1906 to 1934 (in 1916 it changed its name to the Department of Plant & Structures), he documented the creation of the city's modern infrastructure—including bridges, major municipal buildings, roads and subways. Most notably, he documented the construction of the Manhattan Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge, and the Manhattan Municipal Building but his most famous image is that of painters posing nonchalantly on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Using a large-format camera and 8x10 inch glass-plate negatives, he shot over 20,000 images in his career. Most of these negatives and over 15,000 vintage prints are held by the New York City Municipal Archives. Into his 70s de Salignac was still climbing bridges and actively working, but he was forced to retire in 1934 despite a petition to Mayor La Guardia. In his lifetime de Salignac's work was little seen outside of New York City government, and his name was forgotten after his death in 1943. His images were rediscovered in the 1980s, but it was not until 1999 that an archivist realized the collection was mostly the work of one man. In 2007, Aperture published New York Rises, the first monograph of his work, which became a traveling exhibition that opened at the Museum of the City of New York. Since then, his photographs have been widely reproduced and are part of a growing interest in industrial photography that has been left out of the traditional photography canon. (Wikipedia)
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Sep. 27, 2018
(NEW YORK CITY.) Collection of bridge construction and maintenance photographs.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
(NEW YORK CITY.) Collection of bridge construction and maintenance photographs. 202 photographs, most about 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, in various processes including 7 cyanotypes, most laid down on scrapbook paper or original card mounts; many captioned, numbered, and/or dated in the mount or image; disbound from a series of albums and individually sleeved in modern binder with original album covers. New York, 1911-35 and undated
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Feb. 14, 2017
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge. A set of formal compositions primarily depicting views of bridge and subway track construction from Nassau Street, Jay Street, and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, including 2 images of the sites of subway accidents, architectural details, and views of the skyline in the background. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including all but approximately 5 with a caption, in ink, and a small oval Supreme count hand stamp, and 21 with a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, on recto. 1913-22
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Oct. 25, 2016
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 29 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge.
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 29 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge. The accomplished compositions include Brooklyn Plaza, Jay Street, Flatbush Avenue, "men at work," subway digging and other elaborate construction scenes, and machinery; some with New York City turn-of-the-century architecture or the bridge itself in the background. Cyanotypes, the images measuring 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including many with a caption and date, in ink or in pencil, some with a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp and/or a small oval Supreme Court handstamp, on recto; one duplicate. 1913-22
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Apr. 19, 2016
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs by the accomplished de Salignac depicting construction of the Manh
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs by the accomplished de Salignac depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge. Including Brooklyn Plaza, the elaborate pylons, the bridge towers and cables, workers, surrounding roadways, the river itself, subway digging, and machinery; some with New York City turn-of-the-century architecture in the background. Cyanotypes, each measuring 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including nearly all with a caption, in ink or in pencil, and a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, and many with a small oval Supreme Court handstamp, primarily on recto; one duplicate image. 1913-22
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May. 21, 2015
(CYANOTYPES) eugene de salignac (1861-1943) Group of approximately 40 photographs by de Salignac depicting construction of the Manhatta
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
(CYANOTYPES) eugene de salignac (1861-1943)/span Group of approximately 40 photographs by de Salignac depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge, including Brooklyn Plaza, the elaborate pylons, the bridge towers and cables, workers, brick laying, the river itself, subway digging, and machinery; some with New York City turn-of-the-century architecture in the background. Cyanotypes, measuring approximately 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including nearly all with a caption, in ink or in pencil, half with a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, and others with a small oval Supreme Court hand stamp, primarily on recto. 1913-22
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